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Harmonising climate mitigation and sustainable development outcomes Open
Actions to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions can contribute to a country’s wider development targets, a concept emphasised in the most recent IPCC report on mitigation. Almost every country globally has defined their Nationally Determined …
Evaluating the benefits of national adaptation to reduce climate risks and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals Open
Scaling up national climate adaptation under the Paris Agreement is critical not only to reduce risk, but also to contribute to a nation's development. Traditional adaptation assessments are aimed at evaluating adaptation to cost-effective…
Innovative Financing Strategies for Climate Action and Sustainable Development Open
Despite the importance of infrastructure for climate action and sustainable development, national governments face challenges in accessing financing for the infrastructure they need. To support governments to attract finance to achieve the…
Actions to align energy projects with the Sustainable Development Goals Open
The 2030 Agenda is an aspiring set of goals and targets that aims to prompt humanity towards a sustainable development by 2030. In order to achieve this, actions that mitigate trade-offs and enhance synergies within the Sustainable Develop…
Targeting adaptation to safeguard sustainable development against climate-change impacts Open
The international community has committed to achieve 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 and to enhance climate action under the Paris Agreement. Yet achievement of the SDGs is already threatened by climate-change impacts. Here…
Infrastructure Strategies for Achieving the Global Development Agendas in Small Islands Open
Small island developing states face particular challenges to ensure their infrastructure promotes social, economic, and environmental well‐being. Closing the achievement gap for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) involves prioritizat…
Actions to Align Energy Projects With the Sustainable Development Goals Open
The 2030 Agenda is an aspiring set of goals and targets that aims to prompt humanity towards a sustainable development by 2030. In order to achieve this, actions that mitigate trade-offs and enhance synergies within the Sustainable Develop…
View article: Participatory planning of the future of waste management in small island developing states to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals
Participatory planning of the future of waste management in small island developing states to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals Open
Waste management is particularly challenging for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) due to their high per-capita infrastructure costs, remoteness, narrow resource bases and high dependence on tourism. The lack of integrated planning fra…
Stochastic Counterfactual Risk Analysis for the Vulnerability Assessment of Cyber‐Physical Attacks on Electricity Distribution Infrastructure Networks Open
In December 2015, a cyber‐physical attack took place on the Ukrainian electricity distribution network. This is regarded as one of the first cyber‐physical attacks on electricity infrastructure to have led to a substantial power outage and…
Evidence-based infrastructure: Curacao.: National infrastructure systems modelling to support sustainable and resilient infrastructure development Open
This report establishes the first milestone in a partnership between the Government of Curacao, the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the University of Oxford-led Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC). …
THE DEPENDENCE OF NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE ON ELECTRICITY Open
New Zealand’s infrastructure networks are becoming increasingly interconnected and dependent on each other for normal operation. While typically studied as isolated systems, disruptions can rapidly propagate across networks with widespread…